Wilsons Sandbox

Congratulations on the new sled! Sure is fun havin a new squeeze eh? Through a local MC shop you oughtta be able to get a tank treatment solution for removing rust. Some kinda acidy wash I think...... Positive Paths mon............. Toby Brad Davis wrote:

> Is it normal to have rust in the gas tank? My A9 has rust on the > inside surfaces but it doesn't appear to be scaling (it isn't falling > off into the tank). I suppose the KLR has a fuel filter for such > things, I just haven't located it yet. > > What is the proper method to clean the rust from the tank? > > Thanks, > Brad > A9 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get 6 months of FREE* MSN Internet access! > http://click.egroups.com/1/5727/6/_/911801/_/962595530/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

> Is it normal to have rust in the gas tank? My A9 has rust on the > inside surfaces but it doesn't appear to be scaling (it isn't falling > off into the tank). I suppose the KLR has a fuel filter for such > things, I just haven't located it yet. >

No, the KLR doesn't have a fuel filter stock, but it is really cheap and easy to add an in-line fuel filter. I think the small metal bodied filter I added to my gas line cost less than $4. Jeff

> Is it normal to have rust in the gas tank?

Brad? of course not...

> What is the proper method to clean the rust from the tank?

Buy the Kreem kit and do all the steps except adding the latex liner....so, it is...remove the tank, drain the gas...add some solvent or Kerosene...put a handful of nuts and bolts in the tank and shake shake shake...drain the solvent...filter the solvent....add the solvent and shake shake shake...for about a week after work (g)...when you're satisified...drain, tip the tank upside down and get all the nuts and bolts out.....rinse again with solvent and get all the rust out...remove the petcock...make a gasket where the petcock used to go...add the acid solution and make sure it gets to etch all of the inside surfaces...rinse according to directions...it will turn the remaining rust and the inside of the tank a nice dull gray...no you're all set if you keep the tank full with Stabil in the offseason it won't rust again... Kurt

> > I highly recommend putting loud horns on bikes. Loud pipes arent enough!

I've seen an ad in the back of the AMA magazine for motorcycle air horns. I told a friend he should get one when he builds himself a diesel bike. (He had a big Dodge pickup with the Cummins turbo diesel.) Then, the USMC diesel KLR and the Polaris diesel ATV came out, and there went my unique idea! Not so unique after all. I just have my stock horn, but it still woke up the woman who pulled in front of me yesterday. I was coming down out of the Angeles forest, when an SUV rolled up from a side road, and kept on rolling. By no means a close call, as I saw it coming, and slowed and moved over a lane. If the extra lane wasn't there, though, I would've been on the brakes pretty heavily. C -- Dr. J. Christopher Krok Project Engineer, Adaptive Wall Wind Tunnel Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology MS 205-45 Phone: 626.395.4794 Pasadena, CA 91125 Fax: 626.449.2677